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"Ring Out, Wild Bells" 



BY 

ALFRED TENNYSON 



TOitft illustrations 

FROM DESIGNS BY MISS I. B. HUMPHREY 

ENGRAVED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF 
GEORGE T. ANDREW 

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BOSTON 
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS 

NEW YORK: CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM 
T883 



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Copyright, 1882, 
By Lee and Shepard. 

An ris;hts reserved. 



University Press: 
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. 



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RING OUT, WILD BELLS. 



RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky. 
The flying cloud, the frosty light : 
The year is dying in the night ; 
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. 

Ring out the old, ring in the new. 

Ring, happy bells, across the snow : 
The year is going, let him go ; 

Ring out the false, ring in the true. 

Ring out the grief that saps the mind. 
For those that here we see no more ; 
Ring out the feud of rich and poor. 

Ring in redress to all mankind 

Ring out a slowly dymg cause, 

And ancient forms of party strife ; 
Ring in the nobler modes of life. 

With sweeter manners, purer laws. 



Ring out the want, the care, the sin, 
The faithless coldness of the times ; 
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, 

But ring the fuller minstrel in. 

Ring out false pride in place and blood. 
The civic slander and the spite ; 
Ring in the love of truth and right. 

Ring in the common love of good. 

Ring out old shapes of foul disease, 
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; 
Ring out the thousand wars of old, 

Ring in the thousand years of peace. 

Ring in the valiant man, and free. 
The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; 
Ring out the darkness of the land. 

Ring in the Christ that is to be. 




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iNG out, wild bells, to the wild 
sky. 

The flying cloud, the frosty 
light : 
The year is dying in the night ; 
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. 




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Ring, happy bells, across the snow : 
The year is going, let him go ; 
Ring out the false, ring in the true. 




Ring out the grief that saps the mind, 
For those that here we see no more 
Ring out the feud of rich and poor, 

Ring in redress to all mankind. 




Ring out a slowly dying cause, 

And ancient forms of party strife ; 
Ring in the nobler modes of life, 

With sweeter manners, purer laws. 




ing out the want, the care, the sin, 
The faithless coldness of the times ; 
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, 
But ring the fuller minstrel in. 




ing out false pride in place and 
blood, 

The civic slander and the spite ; 
Ring in the love of truth and right, 
Ring in the common love of i^ood. 




out old shapes 
of foul disease, 
^^^Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; 
Ring out the thousand wars of old, 
Ring in the thousand years of peace. 




ing in the valiant man, ^ 
and free, 
The larger heart, the kindlier 

hand ; [\ 

Ring out the darkness of the land, 
Ring in the Christ that is to be. 



ILLUSTRATED 

HYMNS AND POEMS, 



Uniform volumes. 4to. Illustrated. Cloth, full gilt, $1.50; or Illuminated 
Covers in colors and gold, new style, $1.75. 



THAT GLORIOUS SONG OF OLD. 

BY EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. 

RING OUT, WILD BELLS. 

BY ALFRED TENNYSON. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MISS I.. Ti. HUMPHREY. 

HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP. 

BY ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MISS L. B. HUMPHREY. 

HOME, SWEET HOME. 

BY JOHN HOWARD PAYNE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MISS L. B. HUMPHREY. 

O WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE 
PROUD ? 

BY WILLIAM KNOX. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MISS L. B. HUMPHREY. 

ABIDE WITH ME. 

BY HENRY FRANCIS LYTE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MISS L. B. HUMPHREY. 

ROCK OF AGES. 

BY AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY- ILLUSTRATIONS BY MISS L. B. HUMPHREY. 

THE BREAKING WAVES DASHED HIGH. 

BY FELICIA HEMANS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MISS L. B. HUMPHREY. 

NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE. 

BY SARAH FLOWER ADAMS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MISS L. B. HUMPHREY. 



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